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Despite evidence that suggests Spc. Ivan Lopez had an argument before going on a shooting rampage, investigators said they may never determine what compelled the Fort Hood soldier to kill three soldiers and wound 16 others before taking his...

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A spontaneous argument among soldiers in the same transportation unit at Fort Hood, Texas, touched off the mass shooting in which Spc. Ivan Lopez killed four people, including himself, and wounded 16 others, Army officials said Friday. Witnesses and relatives of the wounded said Lopez's fury was apparently sparked by a simple dispute over paperwork. They said the 34-year-old...

(CNN) -- Suspected Fort Hood shooter Spc. Ivan Lopez had recently asked to transfer, claiming he was being taunted and picked on by soldiers in his unit, a senior U.S. official familiar with the investigation told CNN. Lopez is accused of taking his own .45-caliber handgun onto the sprawling Army facility, killing three people and injuring 16 more before taking his own life...

The soldier who went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Tex., had a history of mental illness and had been taking medication for anxiety and depression, but Army leaders said Thursday that they had not considered him a potential threat. Investigators said they were still trying to clarify a motive for the attack but were focusing on the fragile state of mind of Spec. Ivan...

FORT HOOD, Texas – Investigators say unstable mental health may be the underlying cause of a soldier's fatal shooting rampage at Fort Hood this week. But they also believe an argument with another service member likely preceded the attack. Spc. Ivan Lopez turned his gun on himself after killing three people and wounding 16 others Wednesday at the nation's largest Army post....

Army Spec. Ivan A. Lopez — who killed three people and wounded 16 in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood — was a father of four and had spent 10 years as a police officer in his native Puerto Rico before he joined the Army. The mass shooting at the sprawling Army post in central Texas ended about four minutes after it began, authorities said, when Lopez, 34, was confronted by a...

When 39-year-old army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan massacred 13 soldiers at a Fort Hood deployment center Nov. 5, 2009, it took weeks before the FBI figured out that screaming “Allahu Akbar” meant something. Even today’s reporting Hasan’s rampage fails to acknowledge the former army psychiatrist’s email relationship with the late Yemen-based-U.S.-born al-Qaida terrorist...

But some information surfaced that could shed light on the mass shooting. Among other details, the Army revealed that the soldier suspected in the Fort Hood shooting was prescribed the sleeping drug Ambien, and had once reported a brain injury, though the military has no record that he was ever wounded. ‘Heroic’ Military Policewoman Confronting Suspect When He Killed Himself...

Fort Hood Shooting: Why Did a Soldier Open Fire?

Fort Hood gunman Major Nadal Malik Hasan sentenced to death

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Fort Hood gunman Major Nadal Malik

Fort Hood gunman Major Nadal Malik Hasan sentenced to death

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FORT HOOD Shooting :Video at the Scene - Active Shooter Footage

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FORT HOOD Shooting :Video at the Sc

FORT HOOD Shooting :Video at the Scene - Active Shooter Footage

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Retired Colonel Vs Pro-Gun Researcher After Fort Hood Shooting

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Retired Colonel Vs Pro-Gun Researcher After Fort Hood Shooting

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Surveillance Video of Hasan Before Fort Hood Shootings

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Surveillance Video of Hasan Before Fort Hood Shootings

An owner of a 7-Eleven convenience store in Fort Hood, Texas, said Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan came in for coffee and hashbrowns most mornings, including the morning he allegedly shot dozens of soldiers.
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On April 2, 2014, a shooting spree occurred at several locations on the Fort Hood military base near Killeen, Texas. Four people, including the gunman, were killed, while sixteen additional people were injured. The shooter, 34-year-old Army Specialist Ivan Lopez, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Shootings

Immediately prior to the shooting, Lopez went to the 49th Transportation Battalion administrative office, where he tried to seek a ten-day leave form so he could attend to "family matters". However, he was informed that he would have to come back later to retrieve it, sparking a verbal altercation between him and several other soldiers. The request was ultimately denied because Lopez had already secured housing in an apartment in Killeen.

Lopez then left, and at approximately 4:00 p.m., he returned and opened fire with a .45-caliberSmith & Wesson M&Ppistol inside the same building, injuring ten soldiers, including Sgt. Jonathan Westbrook, who was one of the soldiers involved in the altercation with Lopez; he was hit four times, being one of the first to be shot during the shooting. Lopez also killed Sgt. First Class Daniel Ferguson, another soldier involved in the altercation, while the latter was barricading a door that couldn't be locked.

He then got into his car and drove slowly to a motor pool building to which he had been assigned, firing at two soldiers and wounding one of them along the way on 73rd Street. Upon reaching the building, Lopez continued firing inside the office, killing Sgt. Timothy Owens when he approached him and tried to talk him down. He then moved on to the building's vehicle bay area, where he injured two soldiers, and then proceeded to the First Medical Brigade headquarters in his car. Along the way, he shot into a car occupied by two soldiers, wounding the passenger. Reaching the medical building, Lopez injured a soldier walking outside. He then entered the building and fatally shot a soldier at the main entrance desk, Staff Sgt. Carlos Lazaney-Rodriguez; he also wounded another soldier inside.

Approximately eight minutes after the shooting first started, Lopez went to the parking lot of another building, Building 39002, where he was confronted by an unidentified female military police officer, with whom he had a verbal exchange. When he brandished his weapon, the officer fired a shot at him that missed; Lopez responded by committing suicide, shooting himself in the head with his own pistol. At least 35 rounds were fired during the shooting spree, three of which were fired from inside his car. It was later revealed that Lopez, who was in uniform at the time of the shooting, wasn't authorized to carry a concealed firearm.

Victims

Three people, excluding the gunman, were killed in the shooting. They were identified as:

Aftermath

During the shooting, the Bell County Sheriff's Office dispatched deputies and troopers from the Texas Department of Public Safety to the nearby post after receiving reports of an "active shooter", sheriff's Lt. Donnie Adams said. Federal Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Michelle Lee said its agents were also headed to the scene. The base confirmed the shooting in a brief statement posted online on April 2, 2014. On its Twitter feed and Facebook page, Fort Hood officials ordered everyone on base to "shelter in place" during the shooting.

All of the injured victims were taken to Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, for initial treatment and stabilization. Once they were stabilized they were then transferred to Scott & White Memorial Hospital where they received further care. As of April 10, twelve of the sixteen wounded have been released from the hospitals and returned to duty, while the other four remain hospitalized in stable condition.

Reacting to the incident, President Barack Obama said at a fundraiser in Chicago that he was left "heartbroken" and assured that the events would be investigated. The base was previously the scene of a mass shooting in 2009, in which 13 people were killed and more than 30 wounded. One week after the shooting, Obama and First LadyMichelle Obama traveled to Fort Hood to attend a ceremony honoring the victims.

On April 16, discussion was renewed over if soldiers should be allowed to carry concealed firearms on military bases in Texas and other states.

On January 23, 2015, the Army concluded from an investigation into the shooting that there was no indication of a possibility of violent behavior from Lopez through his medical and personnel records. A report on the investigation cited that Lopez's commanders knew very little of his personal difficulties and would have provided him with help had he disclosed these difficulties. It also highlighted gaps in information sharing, as Lopez's supervisors believed they were unable to obtain his personal information due to federal medical privacy laws. Previously, in the wake of the aforementioned 2009 Fort Hood shooting, information sharing regarding medical history was among 78 recommendations suggested to identify the risk of violent behavior. However, this recommendation was not implemented due to "constraints on exchanging information between military and civilian behavioral health care providers". The 2015 report recommended improvements with the level of contact between commanders and their newly assigned soldiers, and that soldiers should register personally owned weapons with their commanders.

Ivan A. Lopez-Lopez (October 23, 1979 – April 2, 2014) was an Iraq War veteran who was born in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. He enlisted in the Puerto Rico National Guard in 1999, but was unable to complete his training and was subsequently discharged on November of the same year. Lopez reenlisted in 2003 as an infantryman and served until 2010. He also joined the United States Army in June 2008. He was married and had four children. From August to December 2011, he served a tour in Iraq.

Lopez was a specialist, and at the time of the shooting, he was assigned to the 13th Sustainment Command, a logistics and support unit at Fort Hood. He was previously assigned in Fort Bliss, but was transferred to another base for four months, then moved to Fort Hood two months prior to the shooting.

Lopez was allegedly distraught over financial issues and the deaths of his grandfather and then his mother during a two-month period five months prior to the shooting. He was also undergoing regular psychiatric treatment for depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder. He tried to take a leave of absence in order to attend his mother's funeral in Puerto Rico. It took five days for the leave to be approved, but he was only allowed to be absent for 24 hours, which allegedly upset him. The leave was eventually extended to two days. More recently, Lopez had asked for a transfer, claiming that he was "being taunted and picked on" by other soldiers in his unit. During that same month, he had seen a psychologist and was prescribed Ambien for a sleeping problem.

In his Facebook account, Lopez made posts in which he alleged that he was robbed by two men and also criticized Adam Lanza, the perpetrator of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012. Lopez also described his experiences in direct combat in Iraq, including an incident that occurred on the last month of his tour in Iraq, in which his convoy was involved in an explosion caused by a roadside bomb. However, military officials confirmed that Lopez did not experience any direct combat. A Facebook page created by Lopez claimed that he was a sniper who had been to the Central African Republic.

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2009 Fort Hood shooting, a fatal shooting in the same area in 2009 where 13 were killed and more than 30 were injured

Broken Heart: "For The Record" on the Fort Hood Shooting

"For The Record" examines the Fort Hood Shooting, talking to survivors, in its premiere episode of the 2nd season. For more "For The Record," subscribe now for free to http://TheBlaze.com/TV.

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Dramatic Video of Ft. Hood Shooting Aftermath

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Fort Hood Shooting: Why Did a Soldier Open Fire?

Authorities are finding out why a married solider with a family went on a shooting rampage.

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Fort Hood gunman Major Nadal Malik Hasan sentenced to death

A military jury recommended Major Nidal Hasan be executed for killing 13 people in a 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood. More from CNN at http://www.cnn.com/
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A military jury on Wednesday recommended the death penalty for convicted Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan, for the 2009 massacre on the Army base that left 13 people dead and 32 others wounded.
The 13-member panel deliberated for 2½ hours, and the president of the jury -- or foreman-- announced the finding in open court with a clear voice, that Hasan "be put to death."
The convicted killer said nothing as the decision was announced, and had appeared emotionless earlier in the morning when dramatic closing arguments in the sentencing phased were held without his participation.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/28/us/nidal-hasan-sentencing/index.html

Fort Hood shooting - exclusive Footage shooter at Military army Base Texas! 4/2/2014 Fort Hood shooting - active shooter at Military Base Texas! Several Injured 4/2/2014 Fort Hood shooting Active shooter at Fort Hood Fort Hood shooting - active shooter at fort hood Military Base Texas! waco texas police There is an active shooter at the sprawling central Texas base of Fort Hood, a source at Fort Hood told CNN on Wednesday.
The situation is serious and sirens are going off, said the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
A spokesman for the base said an "incident" was under way but declined for provide additional information.
Fort Hood's official Twitter feed asked that all personnel on post shelter in place.
A local sheriff's office said that it had heard there was a shooting.
"They got some kind of shooting incident going on. They haven't told us anything. It was on post and being handled by the military. Fort Hood has not asked for any assistance," said Lt. Donnie Adams with the Bell County Sheriff's Office.
On November 5, 2009, Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan opened fire at Fort Hood, killing 13 people and injuring 32

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The convicted shooter in the Fort Hood massacre has written a letter to the leader of the Islamic State saying he wants to become a "citizen" of the caliphate, in the latest example of the terror group's reach inside the U.S.
The letter from Nidal Hasan, obtained by Fox News, comes after two Americans reportedly died fighting for ISIS in Syria. Sources late Wednesday identified the second as Abdirahmaan Muhumed, of Minneapolis. Fox affiliate KMSP-TV in Minneapolis reported that Muhumed was killed in the same battle as Douglas McArthur McCain, who grew up outside Minneapolis in the town of New Hope and most recently lived in San Diego.
The State Department said Thursday it could not confirm Muhumed’s death and efforts to reach his family were unsuccessful.
In the undated letter, Hasan -- who fatally shot 13 people and injured more than 30 at Fort Hood in 2009 in what the Defense Department called “workplace violence”-- tells ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi that he wants to join the caliphate.
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Busted! Sloppy MSM Psyop On Fort Hood 'False Flag Shooting' Exposed!

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FORT HOOD Shooting :Video at the Scene - Active Shooter Footage

(CNN) -- A suspected shooter at Fort Hood, Texas, is dead, but the situation is still considered an active shooting, multiple U.S. officials told CNN on Wednesday.
"There has been a shooting at Fort Hood and injuries are reported. Emergency crews are on the scene. No further details are known at this time," the Army post said in a statement.
Fort Hood's official Twitter feed asked that all personnel on post shelter in place. Sirens were going off.
President Barack Obama has been briefed on the situation and will continue to receive updates, according to a White House press pool report. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel also was monitoring the situation.
Sheriff's deputies from Bell County and state troopers are assisting by securing the area around the post, Bell County Sheriff's Lt. Donnie Adams said.
Authorities in the town of Killeen, just outside the gates, are also standing by to help, said Mayor Dan Corbin.
It is unclear what is going on right now," Corbin said. "We have been in touch with appropriate personnel, we are standing by with our police and ambulances, if needed. We are very concerned. Fort Hood is always there for us and we want to be there for them."
Police in nearby Waco advised those on post to stay away from windows and to keep doors closed and locked.
"Injuries are being reported. Be AWARE!! If you are in the Ft. Hood Post area there is an on-going active shooter," the department tweeted.
On November 5, 2009, Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan opened fire at Fort Hood, killing 13 people and injuring 32.
He shot fellow soldiers at the processing center. Prosecutors maintained that the American-born Muslim underwent a progressive radicalization that led to the massacre at the base.
Hasan allegedly picked that day because it was when the units he was scheduled to deploy with to Afghanistan were scheduled to go through the processing center.
The former Army psychiatrist was convicted of premeditated murder, and a military jury recommended that Hasan be put to death.

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4 People Dead, Including Alleged Gunman, in Fort Hood Shooting

The suspect has been identified as Spc. Ivan Lopez saying said he suffered from mental health issues

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Retired Colonel Vs Pro-Gun Researcher After Fort Hood Shooting

*MSNBC military analyst and retired colonel Jack Jacobs pushed back against the conservative claim that all soldiers should be armed on U.S. military bases in a contentious head-to-head interview alongside pro-gun researcher John Lott. Right-wing media have rushed to blame restrictions on the ability of soldiers to carry sidearms on military bases for the April 2 mass shooting at Fort Hood. But military veterans and base commanders, including Fort Hood's own commanding officer, have said that calls to expand access to firearms on bases are flawed...* John Iadarola, Ana Kasparian, Cenk Uygur, and Michael Shure break it down on The Young Turks.
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Fort Hood Shooting Tragedy

Video of the aftermath of a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas.
A solider suspected of fatally shooting 12 and wounding 31 at Fort Hood in Texas on Thursday, November 5 2009 is not dead as previously reported by the military, the base's commander said Thursday evening.
A civilian officer who was wounded in the incident shot the suspect, who is "in custody and in stable condition," Army Lt. Gen. Robert Cone told reporters.
"Preliminary reports indicate there was a single shooter that was shot multiple times at the scene," Cone said at a news conference. "However, he was not killed as previously reported."
The suspect, identified as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, opened fire at a military processing center at Fort Hood around 1:30 p.m., Cone said.
Three others initially taken into custody for interviews have been released, Cone said.
Hasan, 39, is a graduate of Virginia Tech and a psychiatrist licensed in Virginia who was practicing at Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, according to military and professional records. Previously, he worked at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
A federal official said Hasan is a U.S. citizen of Jordanian descent. Military documents show that Hasan was born in Virginia and was never deployed outside the United States.
Fort Hood, with about 40,000 troops, is home to the Army's 1st Cavalry Division and elements of the 4th Infantry Division, as well as the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and the 13th Corps Support Command. It is located near Killeen, Texas.
The headquarters unit and three brigades of the 1st Cavalry are currently deployed in Iraq.
At least 25,000 people are at Fort Hood on any given day, an Army spokesman at the Pentagon said.
Fort Hood is home to the Warrior Combat Stress Reset Program, which is designed to help soldiers overcome combat stress issues.

Who is Fort Hood shooter Ivan Lopez?

Surveillance Video of Hasan Before Fort Hood Shootings

An owner of a 7-Eleven convenience store in Fort Hood, Texas, said Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan came in for coffee and hashbrowns most mornings, including the morning he allegedly shot dozens of soldiers.
Surveillance video from the store obtained by CNN shows a man who, according to the store owner, is Hasan at the cashier's counter at about 6:20 a.m. Thursday (7:20 a.m. ET) -- about seven hours before the mass shooting -- carrying a beverage and dressed in traditional Arab garb.
"He looked normal, came in had his hashbrowns and coffee as you see in the surveillance video," the owner told CNN.
Another surveillance video from the store on Tuesday showed the man believed to be Hasan in scrubs.
While the owner said he was too busy to chat with Hasan whom he knows as "Major Nidal" on Thursday, he said that through his brief talks with Hasan he learned the officer's background was Jordanian, though he didn't speak Arabic well. He added that Hasan didn't wear a wedding ring and joked several times on whether the owner knew a bride for him.
Hasan would also ask the owner whether he planned to attend Friday prayers, a mainstay of Islam, to which the owner would say that he was too busy.
Since 2001, Hasan had been telling his family that he wanted to get out of the military but was unsuccessful, said a spokeswoman for his cousin, Nader Hasan. The Army officer told his family that he had been taunted after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the spokeswoman said.
"He was mortified by the idea of having to deploy," his cousin told the New York Times. "He had people telling him on a daily basis the horrors they saw over there."
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, who had been briefed by a general at the post, told CNN that Hasan was to have been deployed to Iraq and was unhappy about it.
Staff Sgt. Marc Molano, currently based at Fort Knox, Kentucky, told CNN that he was treated by Hasan for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) while at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington earlier this year.
"Dr. Hasan provided me with nothing but the best care," Molano said. "He was a very well-mannered, polite psychiatrist, and it's just a shock to know that Dr. Hasan could have done this. It's still kind of hard to believe."

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Fort Hood Shooting (November 5, 2009)

Twelve people are dead and 31 wounded after a shooting rampage at a soldier-processing center at Fort Hood, Texas.

Fort Hood Shooter Speaks

Full Fort Hood shooting press conference

Full Fort Hood shooting press conference

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President Obama speaks on Fort Hood Shooting

President Barack Obama spoke Wednesday night in Chicago about the shooting at Ft. Hood in Texas. Obama said it was "heartbreaking" to think that such a thing could happen again, referencing the 2009 shooting at the same base.

WATCH: Fort Hood Shooting Military News Conference 4/2/2014

PRESS Conference: Fort Hood commander Lt. Gen. Mark Milley
Soldier opens fire at Fort Hood; four dead, 16 injured
(WFAA) A soldier opened fire at Fort Hood late Wednesday afternoon in an attack that left four people dead at America's largest Army installation, including the gunman.
"The shooter is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound," Fort Hood commander Lt. Gen. Mark Milley said late Wednesday night, adding that 16 others were hurt. All of the injured were members of the military.
"There is no indication that this incident is related to terrorism," he said.
Texas Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, has identified the shooter as Ivan Lopez. No further details about him were given, and Milley would not confirm his identity.
Milley said the exact sequence of events was not yet 100 percent clear. According to initial reports, the gunman walked into a unit building and opened fire. He then got into a vehicle, fired from the vehicle, walked into another building an dopened fire again.
Milley said the soldier used a .45-caliber Smith & Wesson pistol that had been purchased recently in the Fort Hood area.
Milley said the gunman served four months in Iraq in 2011 and was currently under diagnosis for post-traumatic stress disorder. He had been undergoing psychiatric treatment for depression.
A soldier told KENS-TV he heard at least 20 shots on post and saw at least one person hit by gunfire. Other soldiers were seen leaping a barbed wire fence after realizing that something was wrong.
A U.S. law enforcement official said reports circulating within the Justice Department indicate the shooter died of what appears to be a self-inflicted wound. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation is still ongoing.
"It's a terrible tragedy, we know that," Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said. "We know there are casualties -- both people killed and injured."
The AP said reports circulating within the Justice Department indicate the shooter died of what appears to be a self-inflicted wound. ABC News said it has been told the alleged gunman has been "neutralized."
Scott & White Hospital in Temple, the nearest trauma center to the sprawling military installation, said it had received four patients and was expecting two additional casualties. A spokesman characterized their injuries as ranging from stable to "quite critical."
President Obama said he is following reports from Fort Hood closely, and promised that the U.S. will get to the bottom of what happened.
"We're heartbroken that something like this might've happened again," Obama said at a restaurant in Chicago where he held a fundraiser.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, in a written statement, said the first priority is caring for the victims and their families.
"Fort Hood has proven its resilience before, and will again," Perry said. "Texas will support those efforts in any way we can, with any resources necessary."
A lockdown of the base continued hours after the gunfire. All vehicles attempting to enter or leave the post were stopped and searched. Military families gathered at community centers to await further developments.
An "all-clear" siren finally sounded at 8:45 p.m., almost four hours after the shooting incident.
Central Texas College in Killeen was evacuating and cancelling Wednesday night classes in response to the Fort Hood developments.
Fort Hood was the scene of a mass shooting in 2009 in which 13 people were killed and more than 30 wounded in what was the deadliest attack ever on a domestic U.S. military installation. Maj. Nidal Hasan was sentenced to death for the shooting rampage.

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Crisis Actors Solicited for Fort Hood Shooting False Flag?

Quick video... Just got an email about this Craigslist posting for actors for a "Mass Casualty Drill" to take place at Ft Hood. Is it evidence of a False Flag? Who is Michael Boyd? 954-294-0526
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Obama: Don't Jump to Conclusions on Ft. Hood Shooting

November 6, 2009: President Obama responded to Thursday's shooting at Fort Hood praising the work of U.S. troops in defending the country and cautioning against "jumping to conclusions" until the investigation is complete.

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Why The Fort Hood Shooter Was Able To Buy A Gun Despite Mental Health Issues

*A gunman identified as 34-year-old Iraq War veteran Ivan Lopez opened fire at the Fort Hood military base in Killeen, Texas on Wednesday, reportedly killing three service members before committing suicide. Officials reported that Lopez was being treated for several mental health conditions, including anxiety and depression, and was being screened for possible Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). But despite his ongoing treatment, Lopez wasn't barred from owning a gun. In fact, he recently purchased the .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol that he used during Wednesday's shooting spree.
Current federal law only bars people who have been involuntarily committed to inpatient mental health treatment or officially adjudicated mentally ill by a court from owning a firearm and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reports veterans to the background check system if they've been deemed mentally incompetent. The Obama administration took several steps to enhance those rules at the beginning of this year, but gun safety advocates told ThinkProgress that more needs to be done, particularly for soldiers afflicted with PTSD...* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more here from SY MUKHERJEE at Think Progress: http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/04/03/3422450/fort-hood-shooting-mental-health-gun-ownership/
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duration:7:44

published:04 Apr 2014

updated:04 Apr 2014

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US Russia Relations, ObamaCare Lies, Middle East Tension, Fort Hood Shooting and More

http://usawatchdog.com/weekly-news-wrap-up-4-4-14/ - Iran and Russia are in the process of sealing a deal where Iranian oil is going to be traded for goods. The deal is worth an estimated $20 billion (500,000 barrels a day is what the Iranians will be producing for this deal), but they are not trading in dollars.
Things may start heating up in the Middle East again. The peace process between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) appears to be finished. PA President Mahmoud Abbas says he will bypass the U.S. and Israelis and is going to try to gain statehood in the international community. This put the kibosh on the Israelis releasing more Palestinian prisoners as previously agreed.
Finally, The Obama Administration is sounding the trumpet over reaching the 7 million goal for Obama Care signups. The mainstream media (MSM) is omitting bad news about the ACA and highlighting the so-called good news.
Join Greg Hunter of USAWatchdog.com as he analyzes these stories and more in the Weekly News Wrap-Up.

The Truth About the Fort Hood Shooting

A brief history of military trauma, up to and including our own...
Ivan Lopez's friendly smile apparently gave no hint of a history of depression, anxiety and other psychiatric disorders.
The Iraq war veteran was being evaluated for post-traumatic stress
disorder before he opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas on Wednesday.
Lopez took his own .45-caliber handgun onto the sprawling facility and killed three people and wounded 16 more before taking his own life. His death left authorities to piece together what in his background and medical treatment could have triggered a new round of bloodshed at the same Killeen post where an officer killed 13 people in 2009.
http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,Defensewatch_012104_Stress,00.html
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-184802.html
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/02/us/fort-hood-shooter-profile/
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/obsessively-yours/201212/newtown-shootings-caution-about-violence-and-ssris
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published:04 Apr 2014

updated:04 Apr 2014

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Obama eventually comments on Fort Hood Shooting... After he gives SHOUTOUT..

"My immediate thoughts and prayers are with the wounded, and with the families of the fallen, and with those who live and serve at Fort Hood," BUT FIRST I NEED TO GIVE MY SHOUT OUTS. and Talk about other stuff for 2 minutes. THIS 2 AND A HALF HOURS AFTER THE SHOOTING.

Burton High Fives - Competitions Start Tomorrow

Press Release: TUNE IN: Watch the Second Annual Burton High Fives snowboarding competition LIVE on on September 12 and 13 WHAT: The second annual Burton 'High Fives' presented by MINI snowboarding competition, is now underway at Cardrona Alpine Resort in Wanaka, New Zealand. A live webcast of the slopestyle and halfpipe competitions will be on with the slopestyle coverage... more